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(No Model.)

s. I. WILKINSON.

' COTTON PRESS. No. 326,698.

Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL I. \VILKINSON, OF YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI.

COTTON-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,698, datedSeptember 22, 1885. Application filed July 29, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL I. WILKIN- SON, of Yazoo City, in the countyof Yazoo and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and ImprovedCotton-Press, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved cotton-pressof a special construction, which press operates very easily and packslarge quantities in short times.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is aplan view of my improved cotton-press, parts being insection. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same on the line 00 00,Fig. 1.

The balingbox A is placed horizontally upon the ground, and is providedat the center of one end with a wheel, B, running on the ground. Fromthe opposite end abeam,0, projects, which passes longitudinally throughthe box, and has its end pivoted to the center of a fixed horizontalbeam or frame, D, in such a manner that the beam 0 can swing on the beamD, the baling-box A running on the single wheel B. The baling-box A isdivided into baling-chambers E-one at each side of the beam Owhichchambers can be closed at the under side of the box A by re movableplates F, and at the top by two hinged doors, G, each of which hingeddoors can be locked on the box by means of latches H. At the outerswinging end of the box A a box, J, for receiving the bale is placed ineach chamber E, and into the said box the plungers K fit, one of whichworks in each chamber E, the said plungers being connected by pivotedconnecting-bars M with the fixed beam D. The plungers K are made quitelong, so that they can be guided easily. The entire press can be made ofwood or metal.

The operation is as follows: When the beam 0 is at right angles to thebeam D, the plunand compresses the cotton between it and the outer endof the compartment, and the plunger K in the other compartment is movedfrom the outer end of the right-hand compartment, thus permitting ofplacing a fresh quantity of cotton into said compartment. The desiredquantities of cotton are placed in the two compartments E, eithersuccessively or in one operation, and'then the box A is rocked to andfro, thus causing the plungers to compress the cotton.

The press can be operated by hand, or by animal, steam, water, or airpower, suitable attachments being provided for rocking the box inalternate directions. The press can also be used for baling othermaterialsuch as hay, straw, leaves, 850.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a box pivoted to swing in the horizontal plane,of plungers in the box connected with a fixed object, whereby theplungers will be reciprocated in the box when the latter is swung orrocked in the horizontal plane, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with a box having a projecting beam or bar pivotedin such a manner that the box can swing or rock in the horizontal plane,of plungers in the box connected with the fixed object to which the beamof the rocking box is pivoted, and of a supporting-wheel on the rockingend of the box, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a baling-box pivoted to rock or swing in thehorizontal plane,

of a supporting-wheel pivoted on the swingplungers with the beam D,thedoors G, and ing end of the box, substantially as herein thewheel B onthe rockingor swinging end 10 shown and described. I of the box,substantially as herein shown and 4. The combination, with the box A,didescribed.

5 vided into the two compartments E, of the v beam vO, the fixed beam orframe 1), to which Witnesses: V the beam 0 is pivoted, the plungers K inthe CLAIBORNE BOWMAN, compartments E, the rods M, connecting the FLOYD JSTRIOKLIN.

SAMUEL T. WILKINSON.

